ADAM'S - SILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF JIMMY WELDON May 16th 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon

7 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL HELMET SHAPED CREAM JUG, CORK C.1757,

mark ofWilliam Reynolds, with wavy serrated rim and acanthus wrapped‘C’ scroll handle, the plain body with central girdle, crested

and raised on three shell capped hoof feet, (c.155.5g). 10cm high, 13.5cm wide over handle and spout

€ 2,000 - 3,000

William Reynolds, Silversmith, son of James of Ballyspellane, Co.Tipperary; apprentice to George Hodder, 4th November 1750;

freeman 27th February 1758, married Mary Foote, 10th September 1761, St. Peter’s, Cork; son James baptised 10th July 1768;

Thomas 17th June 1770 & John 4th September 1773. Reynold’s was paid by Cork Corporation for many freedom boxes between

1764 and 1785, registered Dublin as of North Main Street, Cork, 1784. (Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 pp180-186)

1757:TheWide Streets Commission (officially the Commissioners for makingWide and ConvenientWays,Streets and Passages) is established by Act of

Parliament at the request of Dublin Corporation to govern standards on the layout of streets,bridges,buildings and other architectural considerations,

influential in the creation of Georgian Dublin.